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Thu, Feb 24, 2022·Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle

Boston Bruins 3, Seattle Kraken 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 68% of the time.

SEA winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
BOS1171140711339
SEA181100900227

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P1 3:29SEAMark GiordanoSHAssists: Riley Sheahan, Jamie Oleksiak · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:33BOSJake DeBruskAssists: Erik Haula, Craig Smith · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P2 6:47BOSDavid PastrnakAssists: Charlie McAvoy, Matt Grzelcyk · Slap, 0.04 xG2–1
  4. P2 13:19SEAJordan EberleAssists: Marcus Johansson, Calle Jarnkrok · Backhand, 0.10 xG2–2
  5. OT 0:33BOSJake DeBruskGWGAssists: Charlie Coyle, Charlie McAvoy · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 0:20SEAMark Giordano: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 1:42SEAAdam Larsson: High sticking double minor4 min
  3. P1 9:02SEAAlexander Wennberg: High sticking2 min
  4. P1 12:00BOSCharlie McAvoy: High sticking2 min
  5. P1 15:24SEAAdam Larsson: Interference2 min
  6. P2 2:41BOSTomas Nosek: High sticking2 min
  7. P2 16:19BOSTomas Nosek: High sticking2 min

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

BOS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0SEA
48% to win52% to win
← BOS attackSEA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Coyle won the faceoff against Jarnkrok
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSSEA
39Shots on goal27
2.8Expected goals1.8
68Shot attempts47
33Faceoffs won21
5Power plays3
6Penalty minutes10
19Hits18
9Blocked shots12
4Giveaways6
6Takeaways10

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestBergeron – Marchand – DeBrusk10:36

    xG 0.65–0.14 (82%)attempts 16–8goals 0–0

  2. Foligno – Lazar – Nosek3:02

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Haula – Hall – Pastrnak8:17

    xG 0.17–0.27 (39%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

  4. Smith – Coyle – Frederic9:20

    xG 0.25–0.42 (37%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestReilly – McAvoy14:03

    xG 0.70–0.49 (59%)attempts 15–11goals 0–1

  2. Forbort – Clifton9:16

    xG 0.23–0.48 (32%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  3. Grzelcyk – Carlo11:32

    xG 0.21–0.47 (31%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

Seattle Kraken

Forward lines

  1. bestDonato – Czarnik – Geekie5:17

    xG 0.27–0.13 (67%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Sheahan – Donskoi – Wennberg10:45

    xG 0.21–0.18 (53%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

  3. Blackwell – Gourde – Appleton7:28

    xG 0.52–0.52 (50%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  4. Eberle – Johansson – Jarnkrok11:55

    xG 0.27–0.28 (49%)attempts 6–11goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Oleksiak14:31

    xG 0.85–0.34 (72%)attempts 15–11goals 0–0

  2. Larsson – Dunn3:04

    xG 0.19–0.04 (84%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Giordano – Soucy11:12

    xG 0.23–0.34 (40%)attempts 3–13goals 1–1

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

SEA 1.8 xGBOS 2.8 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SEABOS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

SEA's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line SEA is favoured, below it BOS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 58/100 · #612 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.75 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 24% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50SEA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +23 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 68% of the time.

SEA winsBOS wins

Simulated goal difference (SEA − BOS), 10,000 replays

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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).